Chapter 419: The Long Distance is Slim, and the Heart of the People is Dark
Liaodong.
In the area of Wuxian Mountain, corpses are piled up in the hot climate and gradually decompose.
The Xianbei cavalry who were scattered and escaped the pursuit by luck, returned north in a panic, along the way, the sporadic pursuit in the rear did not stop, a small group of cavalry in the nearby fields, the foothills of the search and capture, and the Xianbei tribe they wanted to return, the Wuhuan people, the edge of the Xianbei cavalry in western Liaoning has quickly entered the only pasture in eastern Liaoning, on the day of July 10, more than 30,000 cavalry has been raging.
Blood and smoke spread from tribe to tribe, cavalry surging forward, lit a top of the carpet, the fire quickly spread and devoured the entire tribe, after Ji Ji and Micah had drawn most of the young and strong, now only a few herdsmen organized sporadic resistance, and when the vast cavalry came, everything was crushed.
A slightly larger tribe near the hinterland, the resistance is particularly fierce, due to the transfer of most of the manpower to the south, most of the remaining people are old and weak, women and children, compared to other small and medium-sized Xianbei tribes, the defense is still quite tight, but for Su Fuyan, Suo Nu and others, this is the best trophy to show loyalty.
After breaking through the wooden fence, a large number of cavalry brandished weapons to crush the resistance of the crowd, and the lock slave and the escort followed closely behind and slowly walked into this large tribe with tens of thousands of herdsmen.
"All those who resisted and the old were killed, and women and children were driven together and kept in centralized custody." He pressed the hilt of his knife and watched the scene quietly.
The flames flew through the dry and flammable leather felt, and a huge black tornado swept into the sky, and the old man with the fire on his body rushed out of the tent screaming, and fell and rolled in the chaotic crowd, and someone cried and tried to save him, and then he was knocked down by the rushing war horse, and in an instant, the horse's hooves trampled down, and his head burst open.
The men roared in resistance, the women held the children and mixed in the crowd and cried their men, crowded upstream, and then the cavalry who drove them over, and the spears nailed a family of three to the ground, and some people who gave up resistance pushed the clansmen in front of them, wanting to go faster, and kept killing people in the middle with hunting knives, so that they could squeeze out faster. A group of Xianbei cavalry from Liaoxi on the side, holding torches and setting fire everywhere, saw the chaotic crowd here, and then discarded the torches, pulled out their weapons and killed them directly, like shepherds, driving out the tribe.
Along the way, the corpses and blood were driven out, and the black and strong were concentrated in the field, the old man and the young man were pulled out of the frightened crowd by the soldiers, and the women in the family dragged each other hard and did not let go, and the soldier with the blade strode over, and cut off the opponent's arm with a knife, and the Xianbei man with the broken arm rolled on the ground, crying frantically, and the blood flowed like a note to reveal Bai Sensen's broken bones, and the blood poured stained half of the body, and then the knife cut down, and then stopped moving.
The surrounding voices gradually quieted down, and the old men of Liaodong Xianbei and the old men who were distinguished looked at the motionless corpses on the ground, lowered their heads, or closed their eyes, as if they had accepted their fateβand then, the arrows came intensively, and they were also slaughtered.
In the past, the annexation between tribes was as brutal, but this time it was more thorough.
The Xianbei woman covered the child's eyes, turned her head to look in other directions, and when she turned her head, tears flowed down, and her voice choked and sang Xianbei's song.
More people's voices were carried away with the whining north wind in the field, and these women and children would soon stumble on the long journey to Handi, the summer sun was shining, but at this moment, no one could feel any temperature......
In the fourth year of Jian'an, in June, Gongsun Zhi, the governor of the northern land of the Han Dynasty, waved more than 30,000 troops to unite with Gongsun Du of Liaodong and Fuyu to attack Xianbei and Wuhuan in Liaodong. At the end of the month, with 20,000 Wuhuan and 60,000 cavalry in White Wolf Mountain, he directly cut off the alliance of Xianbei and Wuhuan, and waved his army north to meet Jiji and Micah in the south.
In July, Liaodong Gongsun Du and Fuyu Guo comforted the revenge of Liaodong Xianbei to delay 80,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong Xianbei, retreated to Wuxian Mountain, and launched a tough resistance, and then, waiting for the fighter Gongsun Zhi to use roundabout tactics to outflank Liaodong Xianbei to launch a cutting surprise attack on Liaodong Xianbei and won a big victory! Wuhuan surrendered troops, and the Xianbei cavalry of Liaoxi drove straight into the Xianbei tribe of Liaodong.
The news came to the Central Plains, and the time was already autumn.
The leaves were slightly yellow, the southeast Shouchun line, the military affairs were temporarily suspended, and the silence of the extended barracks came from the laughter coming from the tent.
The tall and fat figure with the tiger's head and the big knife turned his head from time to time, aiming at the curtain, his expression was a little stunned, he couldn't imagine that the information from the north could make the lord laugh freely, the white wolf in the north attacked Jizhou first, and when the east attacked the west and killed Liaodong, the Central Plains also raised troops, and prepared for a long time to start the war, and Yuan Shu continued to fight, even if the war was quite smooth, it has never been as happy as now.
"I also miss the ugly man and the second stunned man......" Xu Chu touched his short beard under his chin.
In the handsome tent, sitting behind the long case, Cao Cao, who was dressed in a black robe, looked at the silk in his palm, laughing with red light on his face, and on both sides below were the generals of the clan such as the Xiahou brothers, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, and there were also Su Jiang Ban, Le Jin, Li Dian and others who were born and died, as well as the three brothers Liu Bei, who had received Yuzhou Mu in recent years and were quite well-behaved.
"Big brother, why are you laughing so happily?" The one-eyed Xiahou rubbed his knees and stretched his neck, "Big brother, what kind of news is coming, say it to make everyone happy together, is it difficult for sister-in-law to add a son to you again?" β
On the other side, the pale and sickly scribe seemed to have seen something, and a smile appeared on his handsome face: "It should be a battle report from the north, and that white wolf should have made some gains, so that the lord is so happy." β
News from the North......
Could it be that Liaodong has been pacified? When the people in the tent whispered, next to the back row of the tent, the dark-skinned, stout and sturdy man Huo stood up suddenly, and his voice was very loud: "So the little brother Gongsun has already slaughtered Wu Huan?" Ha ha...... This is refreshing, when I was in my hometown, I didn't like these nomadic aliens, just kill them! If you want my old Zhang to say, just hurry up and beat Yuan Shu, let's go north and join forces with the little brother to destroy Yuan Shao. β
"The prime minister hasn't spoken yet, how can the third brother talk nonsense." On the other side, Guan Yu, who was in a green robe and long beard, closed his eyes slightly, and when he heard his brother speak, he stretched out his hand to pull Zhang Fei down and sit down: "Yide, don't mess around, listen to my brother." β
"Haha...... It's okay, it's okay, I'm straight and fast-talking, I like it very much. Cao Cao put down the plain silk in his hand, the war has not been smooth in the past few days, and the war has been fought for several months, and the military food is already scarce. However, when I received the battle situation in the north today, my depressed mood was suddenly swept away.
"What Feng Xiao just said is right, it is indeed the news from Liaodong, Gongsun 20,000 broke Wuhuan in White Wolf Mountain, captured more than 200,000 people, and joined forces with Gongsun Du to exterminate the Xianbei Turks and Micah 80,000 soldiers and horses entrenched in the northeast of Liaodong, so that Liaodong was pacified, and Yuan Shao's life was not easy."
Xiahoudun slapped his knee violently and shouted, "Big brother, what are you waiting for, hurry up and attack Shouchun." β
The lights flickered, and the figure behind the long case nodded, then got up, waved his hand, and the voice spread majestically.
"Well, Gongsun is fighting well in the north, and we can't be inferior to him, and I will order the three armies to attack Shouchun with all their strength tomorrow, and strive to break Yuan Shu in a battle."
In the tent, everyone stood up in unison and arched their hands: "Yes!" β
A loud roar shook the horde.
After distributing the task, the generals retreated in twos and threes, and Liu Bei walked to the tent and stopped, turning around. Cao Cao raised his eyes to look at him: "Xuande, what else is the matter?" β
"Prime Minister, be stupid, Gongsun is now swallowing Wuhuan and Xianbei, capturing hundreds of thousands of people, and the soldiers are prosperous, if you defeat Yuan Shao with the Prime Minister in the future, how should you get along? After all, he was in the north, and the prime minister just happened to block the way of the iron hoof......"
Cao Cao stood there with his hands in his hands, looking at the loyal but expressionless face opposite, and fell silent, some emotions brewing, but they did not explode after all.
Since the attack on Xianbei in July, it lasted for two months to collect and capture the population, whether it was ordinary herdsmen, or women and children who originally belonged to the ranks of Xianbei nobles were relocated, and more than 300,000 people were added to the Xianbei side alone, plus the Wuhuan tribe, Gongsun Zhi's strength will grow to an even more terrifying extent.
In September, with the assistance of the Liaodong soldiers, a large number of captives were escorted west to Shanggu County, which was as many as 600,000 huge numbers on the way, except for Wuhuan who took the initiative to surrender a little better, most of the Xianbei herdsmen were treated like pigs and dogs, in order to prevent escape and resistance, most of them were tied and pulled by ropes, lack of food supplies, tens of thousands of people starved to death on the way alone, and the corpses were also abandoned in the wilderness to be eaten by wild beasts, and the rest of the people will also be tortured during the long journey until they arrived in Shanggu County.
However, the migration is still unknown...... They don't know if they will have the opportunity to see their hometown again in the rest of their lives, and the unknown that awaits them is the new life they will face next.